Trade Liberalisation and Regional Disparity in Pakistan

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Pakistanas military, which has directly controlled the countryas affairs for more than half of its post-independence history and which often retained real political power even during periods of democratic rule, has played a significant role in trade liberalisation. Regional disparities have increased since the beginning of major trade liberalisation attempts in the 1980s and at present, regional conflicts and the associated regional disparities are extremely high. The authors critically review the country's post-independence political economy of trade liberalisation, the resulting structural change and the story of regional disparities, identifying possible relations with political regimes. Using a regional computable general equilibrium (CGE) model, the effects of trade liberalisation on regional disparities are quantitatively examined, with an emphasis on the key export industries at a national level and on the relative output and employment growth at a regional level. In the first study to distinguish a possible link between trade liberalisation and regional disparities under dissimilar political regimes, such as autocracy and democracy, Butt and Bandara use Pakistan as a case study to draw broader lessons for other developing countries. This book will be of interest to academics, economists, political analysts and policymakers interested in development economics in general and South Asia in particular.Some empirical evidence, NBER Working Paper 11046, NationalBureau of
Economic Research. Ministry of Finance (1970 to 2006) Economic Surveys of
Pakistan, annual publications covering the financial years a#39;1969a70 to 2005a06a#39;,
Islamabad: Ministry of Finance. MinistryofFinance ... Fifty Years of Pakistana#39;
sEconomy: Traditional Topics and Contemporary Concerns, Karachi: Oxford
University Press.

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Trade Liberalisation and Regional Disparity in Pakistan

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Muhammad Shoaib Butt, Jayatilleke S. Bandara

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Routledge - 2008-12-04

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